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December 2012 Entry: Buttontop City

This is a rather loose interpretation of the challenge, but I keep a jar of buttons right by my computer. [So it's an imaginary map of something in my local vicinity, at least]. Some of my favorites happen to have detailing that looks a lot like roads. The button is home to a group of city dwelling faerie-mites who build out of found objects, much like the borrowers.

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

Still working on it ^.^ Most of this is done in Sketchbook Pro, which I just got. I'm loving the program so far. I had to do the text and background ring in DrawPlus, since I am not sure how to do such things in sketchbook yet (or if they are possible). The font is "A Year's Supply of Faerie Cakes" by pizzadude, which I've been wanting to use in a project ever since I downloaded it.